zarabatana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sarabatana, zarvatana

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرْبَطَانَة (zarbaṭāna, “blowgun”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /za.ɾa.baˈtɐ.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐ.ɾɐ.bɐˈtɐ.nɐ/ [zɐ.ɾɐ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐ.ɾɐ.bɐˈta.nɐ/ [zɐ.ɾɐ.βɐˈta.nɐ]

Hyphenation: za‧ra‧ba‧ta‧na

Noun

zarabatana f (plural zarabatanas)

blowgun

Further reading

“zarabatana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“zarabatana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026